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Definition of Rouncies
1. rouncy [n] - See also: rouncy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rouncies
Literary usage of Rouncies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"... about themselves and their doings—until we can see his fellow-pilgrims as
clearly as if we, too, had mounted our rouncies and ridden along with them. ..."
2. A History of Taxation and Taxes in England from the Earliest Times to the by Stephen Dowell (1888)
"... palfreys, sumpter horses, war horses, and rouncies,3 and utensilia and vasa.
For every county four knights and a clerk were appointed commissioners. ..."
3. A History of Taxation and Taxes in England: From the Earliest Times to the by Stephen Dowell (1884)
"... all other cattle and goods,' the following excepted, viz., silver and gold,
palfreys, sumpter horses, war horses, and rouncies,1 and utensilia and vasa. ..."
4. Horringer Parish Registers: Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, with by Horringer, Eng. (Parish), Sydenham Henry Augustus Hervey (1900)
"... and always 5 plough teams belonging to the men : always 7 servi, and 3 acres
of meadow; wood for 5 hogs: and now 5 rouncies, and now 14 beasts, ..."
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